REDWOOD PLAYGROUND SHUT FOR 'ASPIRATIONAL MAINTENANCE' — NOBODY AT COUNCIL WILL SAY WHAT THAT IS
Christchurch City Council has closed a working slide behind orange netting for reasons nobody can define in under 400 words.
Council Chaos
Rate rises, road cones, and planning decisions that baffle everyone except the consultants.
CHRISTCHURCH COUNCIL INSTALLS EV CHARGERS ON SOUTHSHORE SPIT WHERE NO CAR HAS EVER PARKED
Guys. Guys. I never thought I'd have to make this article. But here we are — four chargers, zero cars, one very confused seagull.
OPOTIKI RATEPAYER BILLED $340 FOR STORMWATER PIPE THAT DOES NOT, HAS NEVER, AND WILL NOT EXIST
Ōpōtiki District Council insists the invoice is correct. The pipe insists on nothing, being imaginary.
HUNTLY PUBLIC MEETING ON PROPOSED PIGEON STATUE ENDS WITH TWO RESIGNATIONS AND A THROWN SCONE
Waikato District Council wanted feedback on a $48,000 bronze pigeon. They got it.
PAIHIA LIBRARY AMNESTY QUIETLY WIPES $340 OF MAYORAL DVD FINES
Whangārei District Council's goodwill gesture has retroactively pardoned the mayor's five-year hold on 'The Bourne Supremacy'.
HAMILTON WEST WOMAN GETS THREE COUNCIL LETTERS ABOUT BINS, NONE OF THEM AGREE
One says yellow lid. One says red lid. One thanks her for joining a trial she's never heard of.
ELTHAM RESIDENTS NOW OFFICIALLY OUTNUMBERED BY ROAD CONES, COUNCIL SHRUGS
South Taranaki District Council says the two-to-one ratio is 'within tolerance', whatever that means.
FRANKTON HALL MEETING ON PIGEON STATUE COLLAPSES INTO SHOUTING, ONE WALKOUT, ONE PIGEON
Hamilton City Council wanted feedback on a $48,000 bronze. They got it.
GUYS. I NEED TO ADDRESS THE 'SHREK 2' SITUATION
A Bishopdale ratepayer addresses his community after a Stoke library amnesty wiped a Mayor's overdue DVDs.
HAWERA LIBRARY AMNESTY QUIETLY WIPES MAYOR'S $340 DVD TAB
South Taranaki's top brass walks free on three years of overdue Sopranos box sets while everyone else got a stern email.
BROMLEY WIDOW GETS THREE CONTRADICTORY RECYCLING LETTERS FROM SAME COUNCIL IN ONE WEEK
One says yellow bin Tuesday. One says fortnightly. The third wants the bin back.
WELLINGTON COUNCIL TO DEBATE WHETHER HOT CROSS BUNS NEED RESOURCE CONSENT
Three consultants engaged. Bun unavailable for comment.
NELSON COUNCIL SCHEDULES MEETING TO DISCUSS SCHEDULING OF FUTURE MEETINGS
Ratepayers told the agenda for the agenda meeting will be circulated at a later agenda meeting.
WELLINGTON COUNCIL SPENDS TWO HOURS DEBATING WHETHER HOT CROSS BUNS NEED A RESOURCE CONSENT
The motion was tabled, untabled, then tabled again by a councillor who hadn't read it.
Cycle Lanes to Steam Engines: Woolston's Quirky Future Plans
*Chimneys over cones? Locals are keen to see the smoke rise again.*
Tekapo Flat Whites: The $7.20 Caffeine Shake-Down
Flat whites now costing a mint at $7.20 a pop.
Grey Lynn Water: A Dash of Chlorine, Anyone?
Sources allege Auckland Council has reversed the chlorine-to-water ratio. The Daily Yarn has spent six weeks investigating a glass of water.
Council Slow to Support After Cat Becomes Permanent Garden Fixture
The cat is fine. The silverbeet is not. The Dunedin City Council is, as ever, reviewing.
Hamilton candidates indistinguishable in ring road trifecta of promises
Three mayoral candidates promise to fix the ring road. None of them define ring, road, or fix.
NAPIER COUNCIL POTHOLE APP NOW REPLYING 'WE FEEL YOUR PAIN' TO EVERY SINGLE COMPLAINT
Taradale woman reports same pothole 14 times. Gets 14 identical hugs from a server.